HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders coach Antonio Pierce used a profanity Monday morning to describe the season’s first half, but with a week off to contemplate all that went wrong, his attention turns to finding hope over his team’s final eight games.

Here we go again. Back to the Raiders being in limbo at the QB position. In the third quarter of Sunday's game, looking at a 31-10 deficit, the Raiders pulled starter Gardner Minshew in favor of Desmond Ridder.

Pierce seems to be on a ship that's sinking for reasons that go beyond any mistakes he's made on game days since September.